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Six months ago, when he announced he was ending the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, President Donald Trump picked March 5 as the deadline for Congress to work out a solution to prevent DACA recipients from facing deportation. But the president’s plans were thwarted by

Two weeks after a Florida school shooting that shook the nation and left 17 dead, Sen. Marco Rubio billed a Thursday floor speech as the moment he was going to introduce his “plan” to address gun violence. At 11:25 a.m. will be on the Senate floor to outline my plan to prevent what happened in

The TAKE with Rick Klein So President Donald Trump now has a 2020 campaign manager. But his White House does not yet have a coordinated campaign to combat Russian efforts to influence the 2018 elections. That’s the takeaway from the blunt comments of National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers,

Lawmakers on official overseas trips this congressional recess have made public comments appearing to reassure foreign partners that the U.S. relationship with their countries is not changing for the worse, despite remarks from President Donald Trump that can make those partners think otherwise.

President Donald Trump delivered a measured speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., touting America's success in fighting ISIS and defending religious liberties at home and abroad. "When Americans are able to live by their convictions to speak openly of their faith and to teach

A bipartisan pair of senators today introduced a bill addressing a pressing issue as Congress continues to debate the future of U.S. immigration policy: what to do about the so-called Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who were brought to America as young children. Sens. John McCain , R-Ariz., and

The U.S. Senate today confirmed Alex Azar as the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services with a vote of 55-43. Six Democrats -- Sens. Tom Carper and Chris Coons of Delaware, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Doug Jones of

Top leaders in the Senate are calling for a Senate Ethics Committee review of Sen. Al Franken , D-Minn., who was recently accused of forcibly kissing a woman and appearing to grope her while she slept. The committee has not announced whether it will pursue a preliminary inquiry into the alleged

Senators pressed top officials from Facebook, Google and Twitter for answers Tuesday about the steps the social media companies have taken to address Russian use of social media to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election . “This is the national security challenge of the 21st century,” said

On the heels of former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore’s primary victory Tuesday, President of the Senate Conservatives Fund Ken Cuccinelli says Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and his leadership team are in “extraordinary danger” of losing their positions. The victory in Alabama